Friday Night, Saturday Morning

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

1979 · Talk · 2 Seasons · 21 Episodes · 7.5

Friday Night, Saturday Morning was a television chat show with a revolving guest host. It ran on BBC2 from 28 September 1979 to 2 April 1982, broadcast live from the Greenwood Theatre, a part of Guy's Hospital. It was most notable for being the only television show to be hosted by a former British Prime Minister and for an argument about the blasphemy claims surrounding the movie Monty Python's Life of Brian. The programme was the idea of Iain Johnstone and Will Wyatt, who insisted on a changing presenter every fortnight. Another innovation was that the presenters chose the guests they were to interview.

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Episodes

E11. Episode 11979-09-28E22. Episode 21979-10-05E33. Episode 31979-10-12E44. Episode 41979-10-19E55. Episode 51979-10-26E66. Episode 61979-11-02E77. Episode 71979-11-09Discussion of the then-new movie Monty Python's Life of Brian, which been banned by many local councils and caused protests throughout the world with accusations that it was blasphemous. To argue in favour of this accusation were broadcaster and noted Christian Malcolm Muggeridge and Mervyn Stockwood (the then Bishop of Southwark). In its defence were two members of the Monty Python team, John Cleese and Michael Palin.E88. Episode 81979-11-16E99. Episode 91979-12-07E1010. Episode 101979-12-14E1111. Episode 111979-12-21

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